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Session No. 134
Monday, 1 November 2010: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)

T55. Environmental Geology of Oil Shale and Tar Sands

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Jeremy Boak and Justin E. Birdwell, Advocates
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1:30 PM
AN INTRODUCTION TO ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY OF OIL SHALE AND TAR SANDS
BOAK, Jeremy, Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401 and BIRDWELL, Justin E., Central Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 977, Denver, CO 80225, jboak@mines.edu, jboak@mines.edu
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1:45 PM
SPATIAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN OIL SHALE OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION USING FISCHER ASSAY, PICEANCE BASIN, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO
JOHNSON, Ronald C., Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, MERCIER, Tracey J., Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and BROWNFIELD, Michael E., U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, rcjohnson@usgs.gov, rcjohnson@usgs.gov
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2:00 PM
WATER CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS FOR AN IN SITU OIL SHALE RETORT
MATTSON, Earl1, EBY, Kara1, BOAK, Jeremy2 and PALMER, Carl1, (1)Idaho National Laboratory, PO box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, (2)Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, earl.mattson@inl.gov, earl.mattson@inl.gov
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2:15 PM
LEACHING OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FROM RETORTED OIL SHALE DURING HIGH TEMPERATURE WATER FLUSHING
BIRDWELL, Justin E. and LEWAN, Michael D., Central Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 977, Denver, CO 80225, jbirdwell@usgs.gov, jbirdwell@usgs.gov
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2:30 PM
EVALUATING BYPRODUCTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN IN WATER GENERATED DURING HYDROUS PYROLYSIS OF OIL SHALE
HILL, Ronald1, BIRDWELL, Justin E.2 and LEWAN, Michael D.2, (1)EOG Resources, 600 17th Street, Suite 1000n, Denver, CO 80202, (2)Central Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 977, Denver, CO 80225, Ron_Hill@eogresources.com, Ron_Hill@eogresources.com
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2:45 PM
AQUEOUS AND MINERALOGICAL CHANGES DURING HYDROUS OIL SHALE RETORTING
PALMER, Carl1, MATTSON, Earl1 and PERKINS, Robert B.2, (1)Idaho National Laboratory, PO box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, (2)Department of Geology, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, carl.palmer@inl.gov, carl.palmer@inl.gov
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3:00 PM
A RISK-BASED APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING CONTAMINANTS OF MOST CONCERN FROM IN SITU OIL SHALE RETORTS
PALMER, Carl1, MATTSON, Earl1 and WOOD, Thomas R.2, (1)Idaho National Laboratory, PO box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, (2)Energy Resoruces Recovery and Managment, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, MS 2107, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2107, thomas.wood@inl.gov, thomas.wood@inl.gov
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